Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-03-19
TWO LITTLE GIRLS.

Sydney Dayre in Morning Star.
With hop, skip, and jump, Harry
was dancing home from school. SUI
sic was on the walk before him, and
as he came up behind her he could
not help giving her a little poke.
What cross face she turned toward
him
"Stop that" she said snappishly.
"You're bad boy, and I'll tell man.
ma of you."
why" said Harry, very much
surprised, 81 was only in fun"
II don't care. You let me alone"
"You're as grabbed and hateful as
forty cats" retorted Harry, with a
face as cloudy as her own. "No, l
don't want to say anything so mean
of the cats, for / don't believe there
ever was one as cross as you; and l
won't give you a bite of my apple"
He hurried on, leaving Susie feeling
quite as cross as he had said she was.
She walked slowly along, thinking
thateverybody was cross and unkind
to her. The very bees seemed to
have snarl in their hum as they
flew about among the flowers, and
she felt sure they were all ready to
sting her if she should give them a
chance.
She thought she would like a piece
of frosted cake when she got home;
but she knew very we'll that if she
asked for it, her mamma would tell
her that if a little girl was really hun
cry, she could always enjoy bread
and butter, and thatif. she was not
hungry, she ought not to eat any
thing. She knew it was going to rain
tomorrow just because it was Satur-
day.
Susie made up her mind that she
was very badly abused child.
Harry ran on until he came up
with Jessie. He gave her poke
too-rather rougher one, perhaps,
than he had given Susie, for he SEEM
ed to have caught little Of her cross
ness. But Jessie turned to him with
such a merry little face that he burst
into a laugh, and they laughed togeth-
er till the very air rang, and the
birds seemed to twitter What is
it? what is it?n while even the sun
smiled brighter than he had smiled
before:
81 didn't hurt you, did 70" said
Harry, feeling sorry that he had not
been gentler.
" Oh no. Let's see who can hip
pety-hop the longest"
Harry stumbled the first, and they
stopped for few moments to take
breath. His apple was all gone, but
he felt in his pockets under the top
string and the shingle nails and three
cents and a slate-pencil and knife
blade and some marbles and half q
cracker till he found two peanuts.
He gave them to her and said,
Come into my house with me and
see my kitties. There's four and pll
give you whichever one you like
best"
They trotted along until Jessie
stopped to pick a flower.
Take care" said Harry, cor the
bees'll sting you"
ooh no, they won't" said Jessie;
they're kind bees. They hum in the
sunshine all day while they're max
ing honey for us, and they never
sting unless they think somebody is
going.to hurt them"
Jessie thought all Harry's kittens
were very cunning, but chosea little
white one with gray spot on its
head. She said "Thank YOU" to
Harry, and skipped home singing:
"The brides sing and the flowers gay
Blossom all through the summer day
While little children laugh and play"
Harry looked after her, saying to
himself, at always makes me feel
pleasant, somehow, to be with jessie"
Why did he think so? and which
Of these girls would you rather be?
five go through the world with
bright faces and cherry smiles and
pleasant words, we shall find that we
can make other faces sunstriny and
other voices sweet. But if we carry
only Sc0Wls and grOWls, we shall find